The Best Episodes of The Professionals Season 5

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(160 votes)

   #1 - Foxhole on the Roof

   S5:E111/7/1982

   A post-operative ward in a hospital is held to ransom by a newly-released convict who plans to make a fortune, setting up his own foxhole at the top of a nearby building. CI5 hatch a plot to bring him down before he takes a fatal shot at the hospital.

   Director:William Brayne

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   Director:William Brayne

   Writer:Brian Clemens
2. 

   7.9/10(132 votes)

   #2 - Spy Probe

   S5:E612/12/1982

   An organisation which hires killers to assassinate virtual nobodies on sight is infiltrated by Bodie and Doyle, who must find out who the perpetrators are and why, by going undercover and posing as potential hitmen themselves.

   Director:Dennis Abey

   Writer:Tony Barwick

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   Director:Dennis Abey

   Writer:Tony Barwick
3. 

   7.8/10(129 votes)

   #3 - Cry Wolf

   S5:E71/9/1983

   A young woman contacts the police, saying she is being stalked and is in fear for her life, but they think she is making the whole story up.

   Director:Phil Meheux

   Writer:Paul Wheeler

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   Director:Phil Meheux

   Writer:Paul Wheeler
4. 

   7.7/10(125 votes)

   #4 - Operation Susie

   S5:E211/14/1982

   A department in a British Government appears to be attempting to kill a bunch of drug-dealing students...but why?

   Director:Ian Sharp

   Writer:Ranald Graham

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   Director:Ian Sharp

   Writer:Ranald Graham
5. 

   7.7/10(110 votes)

   #5 - A Man Called Quinn

   S5:E101/30/1983

   A former colleague of Cowley's who is now a patient in a mental hospital reappears in London, going on the run when he believes that the KGB have drugged him.

   Director:Horace Ové

   Writer:Tony Barwick

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   Director:Horace Ové

   Writer:Tony Barwick
6. 

   7.6/10(123 votes)

   #6 - Lawson's Last Stand

   S5:E411/28/1982

   Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lawson has gone missing without trace...and is armed with vital military secrets from NATO. Can CI5 seek him out before he tells all?

   Director:Ian Sharp

   Writer:Ranald Graham

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   Director:Ian Sharp

   Writer:Ranald Graham
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7. 

   7.6/10(133 votes)

   #7 - Discovered in a Graveyard

   S5:E512/5/1982

   Whilst investigating a bombing plot Doyle is shot and left for dead in his flat, and as the hospital fights to save his life, he seems unable to decide whether he wants to live or die...meanwhile, Bodie goes on a chase to find Doyle's assailant.

   Director:Anthony Simmons

   Writer:Christopher Wicking

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   Director:Anthony Simmons

   Writer:Christopher Wicking
8. 

   7.6/10(124 votes)

   #8 - No Stone

   S5:E112/6/1983

   A young woman from a rich and successful family turns terrorist, shunning her wealthy background and the British Justice system which she now views as being corrupt. Important legal establishments located around London are targeted by the terrorist groups, who are planting several bombs at key points around the city.

   Director:Chris Burt

   Writer:Roger Marshall

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   Director:Chris Burt

   Writer:Roger Marshall
9. 

   7.5/10(116 votes)

   #9 - The Ojuka Situation

   S5:E91/23/1983

   A sacked former African Head attempts to get reinstated in office using the help of the British Government, but the plan is sidetracked by one particular civil servant who now wants him dead.

   Director:Christopher King

   Writer:Dave Humphries

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   Director:Christopher King

   Writer:Dave Humphries
10. 

    7.4/10(125 votes)

    #10 - The Untouchables

    S5:E81/16/1983

    Bodie is offered the opportunity to clear up all his gambling debts by a foreign diplomat - who in exchange wants to have some vital secrets from CI5.

    Director:William Brayne

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    Director:William Brayne

    Writer:Brian Clemens
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    6.9/10(117 votes)

    #11 - You'll Be All Right

    S5:E311/21/1982

    A leader of a criminal gang offers to surrender himself if in exchange he is guaranteed protection for his family.

    Director:John Crome

    Writer:Gerry O'Hara

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    Director:John Crome

    Writer:Gerry O'Hara